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ISRO chairman inaugurates new spacecraft manufacturing facility

Dr S Somanath, the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), inaugurated ANANTH Technologies’ spacecraft manufacturing unit at Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) Aerospace Park. Ananth Technologies Private Limited (ANANTH), the leading aerospace and defence manufacturer in India, launched its new spacecraft manufacturing facility in Bengaluru on Wednesday. This is the first spacecraft assembly, integration and testing […]

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Frontier becomes the world’s fastest supercomputer

US built supercomputer, Frontier dethrones the Japan’s Fugaku to become the world’s fastest supercomputer. Fugaku, was jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu Ltd. in 2020, which topped the supercomputer benchmarking index. Frontier was built by using Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) architecture and equipped with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors. Fugaku was built for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar

PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the-art supercomputer at IIT Gandhinagar dedicated to the nation under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), was commissioned on Monday, May 30, by Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator and Scientist ‘G’, MeitY. This indigenous software stack is developed

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Dr Jitendra Singh launches ‘BioRRAP’ portal for Biotech Researchers

Dr Jitendra Singh (Union Minister of State (IC) Ministry of Science and Technology) has launched Single National Portal for Biotech researchers and Start-ups. The Biological Research Regulatory Approval Portal (BioRRAP) will cater to all those seeking regulatory approval for biological research & development activity in the country. India will figure among the top 5 countries of the world by 2025

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Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires its rocket engine

Hyderabad-based space tech startup Skyroot Aerospace on May 19 announced the successful completion of a full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket engine, the country’s first privately designed and developed rocket. The company announced the completion of the milestone of full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket stage. The third stage, named Kalam-100 after former President

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HANSA-NG Aircraft successfully completed Engine Relight test in Air

HANSA-NG (flying trainer Aircraft) has successfully completed an in-flight engine relight test at DRDO’s Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) facility, Challakere, Karnataka. The aircraft was designed & Developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL). The flight test was carried out at an altitude of 7000-8000 feet with a speed range of 60 to 70 knots by Wg Cdr K V Prakash and Wg Cdr NDS Reddy.

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India to introduce “made in India” skin test for TB

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has announced to launch of a newly approved skin test for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis called c-TB in the country while addressing the 35th board meeting of the Stop TB Partnership through video-conferencing. This TB Kit will be cost-effective and provide immense benefit to other high burden countries as well.He also announced to launch of a new initiative “Adopt

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China Plans World’s First Habitable Planet Search With Space Telescope

Chinese scientists have proposed a project to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system through a space telescope. This is will be the world’s first space mission specially designed to search for habitable planets in the universe. The proposed project will involve surveying the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable

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PM Modi unveils India’s first 5G test bed, estimated to be worth Rs 220 crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the country’s first 5G testbed to enable startups and industry players to test and validate their products locally and reduce dependence on foreign facilities. The testbed has been set up at a cost of around Rs 220 crore. The Prime Minister said the 5G testbed is a significant step toward

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Gaganyaan Mission 2023: S2000 human-rated rocket booster tested successfully

Gaganyaan Mission The Indian Space Research Organisation on Monday successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.According to the Bengaluru-based space agency, the HS200 is the human-rated version of the S200 rocket booster of the satellite launch

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